AOL 6.0, ISPs, and other stuff

AOL still allows the BYOP connection - on the rare occasions that I have to
use the silly thing for work, that's how I hook it up. But I'm using AOL 4.0
(I believe), not 6.0.

Recently I went through various levels of pain and agony in order to
determine if it were possible to make AOL 5.0 work and play nicely with my
company's VPN software. The answer is: yes. It can be done. But it requires
that whoever installs AOL know what they're doing.

Without knowing where you're located, or what your financial situation is,
it's hard to make any sort of recommendation as to ISP. My *own* preference
is a real ISP rather than using something like yahoo.com or whatever. I'd
also recommend a broadband connection if you can afford it (and it's
available in your area). This is especially true if you are going to be
doing a lot of file transfers to/from the web; a high speed connection is
almost vital.

Yes I'm rambling today. It's Monday.

--IceWolf-

----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell King" <darrell(at)webctr.com>
To: <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 7:35 AM
Subject: Re: Kelly B. needs a little guidance


> I learned something new today...thanks, Kelly...:).
>
> I'll add my voice to the others': probably the best thing to do is
> get another ISP.  If AOL still has the BYOP program, you can keep
> your AOL account if it's important to you but benefit from the
> freedom of interacting with the Internet directly instead of
> through a heavily guarded border.  As a developer, it's probably
> going to be necessary anyway.
>
> D
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ErthWlkr(at)aol.com>
>
> Ordinarily, you would have the choice of either text only or html
> email. But
> not on AOL 6.0.  There have been so many complaints about it that
> you would
> think AOL would provide an update that would allow you to toggle
> between the
> two.
>
> Unfortunately, this isn't the wonders of modern technology, but an
> incredible
> exhibition of arrogance.
>
> - Jeff
>
>
>
>

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